Detained in Dubai Marcus Fakana handed himself in to the authorities in December to begin a one-year jail sentence A British teenager jailed in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old girl has pleaded with the authorities for clemency. Marcus Fakana, 19, of Tottenham, north London, was sentenced in December to a year’s imprisonment after...
A murder investigation has been launched after a teenage boy died in north Manchester. Officers were called to Nevin Road in the New Moston area at about 17:00 BST, Greater Manchester Police said. The force has not yet said how the boy died. Three people have been arrested in connection with the incident. Supt Marcus...
Two men have been charged with murder and three counts of attempted murder after a 16-year-old was struck by a car which failed to stop at the scene. South Yorkshire Police said Zulkernain Ahmed, 20, and Amaan Ahmed, 26, both of Locke Drive, Sheffield, have been charged in relation to the death of Abdullah Yaser...
Police Scotland Cole Cooper was last seen in Banknock on 7 May A body has been found in the search for teenager Cole Cooper who has been missing for four weeks. Police said the body of a man was discovered in a wooded area near Kilsyth Road in Banknock, near Falkirk, at about 16:15. Formal...
Bea Swallow BBC News, Gloucestershire PA Media A second child has been taken to hospital after sustaining serious injuries in the crash, police said Two adults in their 40s and a teenage child have been killed a crash on the M5. Avon and Somerset Police said a white BMW left the northbound carriageway of the...
Police Scotland Missing teenager Cole Cooper was last seen in Banknock on 7 May. Police are becoming “increasingly concerned” for a teenager who has been missing for three weeks. Cole Cooper, 19, was last seen at about 20:45 on 7 May in Longcroft, Falkirk, near his home village of Banknock. Ch Insp Alex Hatrick told...
A 16-year-old has set up a dance school to give back to the community that made her feel welcome after arriving from Romania a decade ago. Maria, who moved to Devonport in Plymouth when she was six, has been running AMR Street Dance for six months while balancing her studies at college. She said she...
A teenager has appeared in court charged with a number of rape and sexual offences close to a train station alleged to have occurred on the same evening. Sonny Boyes, 19, from Exeter, is accused of two rapes against a 16-year-old girl at Clyst Halt Avenue in the city on Friday evening, Exeter Magistrates’ Court...
Stuart Woodward BBC News, Essex Steve Hubbard/BBC Finley has received weekly lipid infusions directly into his heart since he was four Like most teenagers his age, Finley is given a cake every year to celebrate his birthday, but he can never eat it – or any other food. If he did, he would bleed internally....
An 18-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly attacking a man whose head was injured in a seaside town fight, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to a report of fighting in Fleet Street, Torquay at about 23:30 BST on Friday. The force is appealing for witnesses and said: “A...
Chelsea have been so dominant throughout this year’s Europa Conference League that, while sweeping aside just about every team in front of them, they have also been able to use the competition to blood a number of youngsters. The Blues have one foot in the final after a comfortable 4-1 win over Djurgarden in their...
Swedish police have arrested a teenager after a fatal triple shooting in the city of Uppsala on Tuesday. The shooter reportedly fled on a scooter following the attack in a hair salon in the centre of the city, triggering a manhunt. Police confirmed on Wednesday that the person arrested for the shooting is under the...
George was promoted from the academy team to the first team on 19 December, six months after he and defender Josh Acheampong signed new deals in June 2024. That decision to sign a three-year contract, plus an optional fourth year, raised eyebrows among multiple academy sources at Chelsea. Internal talk was that he might get...
Netflix In Netflix’s Adolescence, 13-year-old Jamie is accused of murdering a female peer after being exposed to misogynistic online material and subjected to cyberbullying “It’s just weird to talk about your sexual feelings to your parents,” says 15-year-old Ben*. His parents, Sophie and Martin, two professionals in their 40s, nod understandingly. They are discussing the...
Coming from a country with little tennis pedigree, Eala is already accustomed to being a trailblazer for the Philippines – even though she is still a teenager. In 2021, she became the first Filipino to win a WTA Tour match and first to win a junior Grand Slam crown with the 2022 US Open title....